By Rebecca Brunelle CPNP – Patient engagement is a necessary element for the achievement of better quality of care and it is a critical component of the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) initiative to focus on quality of care.
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The thought leaders in our community are good about sharing their thoughts on the issues of today. Here are the top read and shared guest posts of June that we think deserve sharing again.
By John Halamka MD – I’m in China this week, meeting with government, academia, and industry leaders in Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Beijing, Shanghai, and Suzhou. The twelve hour time difference means that I can work a day in China, followed by a day in Boston. For the next 7 days, I’ll truly be living on both sides of the planet.
By Munawar Abadullah – Cyber-crimes are at an all-time high and will continue to rise in popularity for as long as organisations adopt a passive approach to online security. While some healthcare organisations look at cyber security as a “back burner”, the hacking industry is evolving to the point where anyone can become a successful hacker.
Just the facts… CMS has released the most recent numbers for the EHR Incentive programs. Here are some Program-to-date highlights from the May report. Active registrants total well over a half a million.
The Electronic Health Record Association (EHRA), a trade association of companies that provide the vast majority of EHRs to hospitals and physicians across the U.S., announced the results of its annual elections for terms beginning July 1, 2017.
By William Hersh, MD – Some of the most highly viewed posts in this blog have been those on eligibility for the clinical informatics subspecialty for physicians, the first in January, 2013 and updates in June, 2014 and March, 2016. A noteworthy event occurred last November when the “grandfathering” period was extended to 2022.
By Matt Fisher – Data remains exposed in significant numbers in the healthcare industry. The monthly Protenus Breach Barometer shows that the trend of at least one breach per day in a month is continuing. To be specific, Protenus and Databreaches.net showed 37 breaches being disclosed for the first time in May.
By Lana Moriarty & Linda Harris – The ONC Patient Engagement (PE) Playbook was created by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology to help healthcare professionals use health information technology (health IT) to provide better care to patients.